Juan Pablo Rigalli Ph.D.

Juan Pablo Rigalli (b. 1985) obtained his Master's degree in
Biotechnology (2009) and his PhD in Biological Sciences (2013) at
Rosario University in Argentina. During this early phase of his
career he worked in the field of molecular pharmacology and studied
the potential of therapeutic agents like the trypanocidal
benznidazole to act as a perpretator of drug-drug interactions,
specially by regulation of ATP binding cassette (ABC) drug
transporters. Juan Pablo has been always interested in the
molecular mechanisms underlying pharmacological effects and
interactions. In 2015 he moved to Heidelberg (Germany) where he was
awarded a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
to evaluate the interaction between human papillomaviruses, ABC
transporters and multidrug resistance in head and neck squamous
cell carcinoma. In January 2018 he joined the group of ion
transport, where he aims to establish a model of human kidney
organoids to study patho(physiological) processes related to the
electrolyte balance.